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Stomachs examined contd. 



4-5-08. 3 Dysdercus cingulatut. 



2 Nezara viridula. 



1 Hemipterous scutellum. 



1 Noctuid moth. 

 4-5-07. 3 Myllocerus maculosus. 



Ficus fruit. 

 4-5-07. 1 Rhynchium sp. 



3 Myllocerus discolor. 



1 Lepidopterous larva ? 



Ficus fruit. 



20-5-07. Ficus fruit. 



20-5-07.. Ficus fruit. 



7-9-08. 1 Polistes hebrceua. 



1 Myllocerus sp. 



Fictis fruit. 



^ 30-9-07. 1 Noctuid (wings). 



1 Nezara viridula. 

 3 Hemiptera [heads]. 



Trace of Ficus fruit. 

 10-10-08. 1 Astycus lateralis. 



1 Myllocerus maculosua. 

 Ficus fruit. 



1-11-07. Ficus fruit. 



1-11-07. 3 Myllocerus sp. 



2 . Astycus lateralis. 



3 Weevils. 



2 Larvae (Lepidoptera 7). 

 10-11-07. fictw fruit. 



Summary. Of 95 insects taken by 23 birds, 4 are beneficial, 

 73 injurious and 18 neutral. 5 had eaten insects only. 4 took be- 

 neficial insects, 17 injurious and 7 neutral. 2 birds took spiders : 

 Ficus appears to be the only fruit taken. 17 birds had eaten this, 

 5 containing nothing else. 



The food and feeding habits of the Black-headed Oriole are 

 practically identical with those of the Indian Oriole. It is, however, 

 a resident throughout the year. I have seen it apparently feeding 

 on the ground twice, but could not see what it may have been feed- 

 ing on. 



522. Oriolus trailli. Caterpillars only. Jerd. B. L, II, 112. 



Three species of Orioles occur in the plains, the two mentioned 

 above being the only common species. Both these common species 

 are beneficial. In some districts these birds are apparently eaten 



